Basic Notions of Algebra

by Igor R. Shafarevich

Book Overview

Wholeheartedly recommended to every student and user of mathematics, this is an extremely original and highly informative essay on algebra and its place in modern mathematics and science. From the fields studied in every university maths course, through Lie groups to cohomology and category theory, the author shows how the origins of each concept can be related to attempts to model phenomena in physics or in other branches of mathematics. Required...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364242516X
• ISBN13: 9783642425165
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"